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A Vibrant Platform At The Service Of Cluster Organisations

The European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) is an action of the Cluster Internationalisation Programme for SMEs funded under COSME launched by DG GROW of the European Commission in 2016.
The ECCP provides networking and information support for clusters and their members aiming to improve their performance and increase their competitiveness through trans-national and international cooperation.

About Cluster Organisations

This is the stage on which cluster organisations present themselves - their structures, services, experiences and above all, their interest in cooperation with peers. We invite you to explore this diverse cluster community, identify your potential cooperation partner and show the world what you are good at - by profiling your organisation !

What is ESCP-S3 ?

The European Strategic Cluster Partnerships for smart specialisation investments (ESCP-S3) are transnational cluster partnerships that support cluster cooperation in thematic areas related to regional smart specialisation strategies and to increase the involvement of the industry in the context of the Smart Specialisation Platform for Industrial Modernisation.

What is ESCP-4i?

The European Strategic Cluster Partnerships – Going International (ESCPs-4i) are transnational cluster partnerships that develop and implement a joint internationalination strategy and support SME internationalisation towards third countries beyond Europe.

What are ESCPs ?

The European Strategic Cluster Partnerships have been launched by the European Commission as effective means of supporting cross-border collaboration for the benefit of SMEs with the ultimate goal of boosting economic growth and competitiveness in Europe.

About matchmaking events

ECCP organises inter-European matchmaking events, as well as opportunities for you to meet your peers from other countries – either in EU or abroad. Find also additional international matchmaking opportunities promoted here.

About European Cluster Initiatives

As an information hub, ECCP collects and structures a wide variety of information relevant for cluster organisations from various European programmes and initiatives like the ones below.
These are supporting in different ways the interaction between clusters and for driving the competitiveness of European businesses. We offer you here the unique opportunity to find out more about the most relevant cluster-related projects and what you can learn from them. Or, why not, cooperate with them!

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The European Commission will launch the very first edition of the 'EU Cluster Weeks 2018-2019' between November 2018 and April 2019. This initiative promotes national, regional and local cluster events under the 'EU Cluster Weeks’ brand and at the European Cluster Collaboration Platform . Submissions of expressions of interests are now possible. Why? The EU Cluster Weeks are an opportunity to encourage European participation and partnering at national, regional and local cluster events; team up to increase awareness on the role of...

COS-CLUSTER-2018-03-02: European Cluster Excellence Programme Important notice “The corrigendum of the Call for Proposals (COS-CLUSTER-2018-03-02) was published on 31 January 2019. Please see the details of the corrigendum on page 2 of the Call document .” The overall objective of this action is to strengthen cluster management excellence and facilitate exchanges and strategic partnering between clusters and specialised eco-systems across Europe, including through implementing a new “ClusterXchange” pilot scheme. As high quality cluster management and strategic connections between clusters...

Funded by EIT Health within the framework of its Accelerator GoGlobal programme, BioM (Munich Region) and Medicen (Paris Region) developed the training project “Start.Smart.Global” dedicated to European start-ups and SMEs looking to better understand market opportunities in Japan or South Korea for a short/mid-term business plan in those countries. European SMEs offer innovative and globally competitive technologies, products and services. The project helps with the challenge of setting-up business in unknown, complex markets, and identify the right business partners and contacts. Together...

Topic identifier: ICT-33-2019 With a total budget of 11.500.000 EUR, this call is aimed at scaling up innovative businesses across the EU and detecting high potential innovations and support innovators in going to market. The actions proposed - IA Innovation action (10.000.000 EUR budget) and CSA Coordination and support action (1.500.000 EUR budget) - should help startups and scaleups achieve market success and mature the innovation excellence of high potential innovators and they should support the creation of new jobs and high growth businesses and support their growth on a pan-European...

MarTERA launched a joint call for transnational research and innovation projects on different thematic priority areas. This call is initiated by ministries/funding organisations from 11 countries: Belarus, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Malta, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain and Turkey . The transnational call has a budget of about 15 Mio € for collaborative research and innovation projects in the following areas: Priority Area 1: Environmentally friendly maritime technologies Priority Area 2: Development of novel materials and structures Priority Area 3: Sensors, automation, monitoring...

TETRAMAX is a Horizon 2020 innovation action within the European Smart Anything Everywhere (SAE) initiative in the domain of customized and low-energy computing for Cyber Physical Systems and the Internet of Things. As a Digital Innovation Hub, TETRAMAX aims to bring added value to European industry, helping to gain competitive advantage through faster digitization. The project partially builds on experiences with the TETRACOM project during 2013-2016. TETRAMAX was launched in Sep 2017 and runs until Aug 2021. Within this new call for Value Chain Oriented and Interdisciplinary Technology...

The European Cluster Excellence Initiative (ECEI) is looking to expand its network of cluster benchmarking experts by providing new training opportunities to interested candidates. Currently, ECEI is based on a network of about 150 trained benchmarking experts from different European countries who conduct regular benchmarking activities. The training is open to all candidates expressing their interest and fulfilling the requirements listed in the Call for Expression of Interest . Interested candidates are invited to express their interest by sending an e-mail (with the required supporting...

Organisations such as universities, research centres and companies that want to offer a short-term exchange to their staff can now apply on the Funding and Tenders Portal . If you need advice for your application, please contact the National Contact Point (NCP) in your country (select "Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions" to find the NCP) or consult the recently released “ Guide for Applicants ". With an overall budget of EUR 80 million, the RISE programme, funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions , promotes cross-border and cross-sector collaboration from research to market and vice versa...

If you wish to develop a transnational project involving partners around the North Sea you may apply within the North Sea Region Programme, where the co-financing rate is 50%. The success rate of final applications was above 70% in 2018. The North Sea Region Programme is open to anyone in the prorgamme area, which is the whole of Norway and Denmark, Eastern parts of the United Kingdom, the Flemish Region of Belgium, Northwest Germany the Northern and Western parts of the Netherlands, and the South-western area of Sweden. A detailed list of participating regions is available here . Funded...